DOI Heft:
No. 217 (April, 1911)
DOI Artikel:Mr. Arthur Wardle's paintings and drawings of animal life
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20972#0230
Arthur War die
"STARTLED—TIGERS AT A POOL " (OIL) BY ARTHUR WARDLE
he succeeded in spite of difficulties which might characteristic paintings, In a South American
have daunted a man with less strength of Swamp—Jaguars and Startled-Tigers at a Pool.
character, he has certainly won his way through The Bacchante is particularly to be noted for
to a very notable command over the resources the beauty of its line arrangement and for the
of his craft and to a conspicuous eminence in charm of its colour, but it is also singularly
the exacting walk of art which he has chosen, attractive as an example of his animal painting
How great is his command over technicalities at its best: it has all his intimacy of observation,
is shown decisively both in his pictures and all his sense of character, all his intelligent
his drawings—in the certainty with which he regard for nature, and it is distinguished not
manages many mediums, and in the skill with less by its freshness of conception and grace
which he handles not only oil-painting but of style.
water-colour and pastel as well. As a draughts- Much as Mr. Wardle has accomplished, it
man he is especially distinguished; there are would seem from the steady advance that he
qualities in such studies as the Lion Walking, has made in his work during recent years that
the Polar Bear, the Persian Leopard, the his highest achievement is yet to come. He
Elephants, the excellent Head of a Puma, and has never stood still; year by year he has added
the slighter sketches of A Tiger, and Puma something to the interest and importance of his
on a Tree, which are entirely memorable. art, and as he has still before him that period
This grasp of things does not desert him in which comes to most artists the fullest
when he turns to subjects in which he allows maturity of their powers—he was born in 1864
a freer rein to his fancy. His grip of facts —one may fairly expect that he will greatly
is quite as sure in his charming fantasy increase the reputation he already enjoys. He
A . Bacchante, or in his daintily imagined is too earnest a student to be content to remain
Idyll of Summer, as it is in more realistic where he is and too sincere an artist to let
records of nature like Disturbed, or those other popularity lead him into any relaxation of effort.
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"STARTLED—TIGERS AT A POOL " (OIL) BY ARTHUR WARDLE
he succeeded in spite of difficulties which might characteristic paintings, In a South American
have daunted a man with less strength of Swamp—Jaguars and Startled-Tigers at a Pool.
character, he has certainly won his way through The Bacchante is particularly to be noted for
to a very notable command over the resources the beauty of its line arrangement and for the
of his craft and to a conspicuous eminence in charm of its colour, but it is also singularly
the exacting walk of art which he has chosen, attractive as an example of his animal painting
How great is his command over technicalities at its best: it has all his intimacy of observation,
is shown decisively both in his pictures and all his sense of character, all his intelligent
his drawings—in the certainty with which he regard for nature, and it is distinguished not
manages many mediums, and in the skill with less by its freshness of conception and grace
which he handles not only oil-painting but of style.
water-colour and pastel as well. As a draughts- Much as Mr. Wardle has accomplished, it
man he is especially distinguished; there are would seem from the steady advance that he
qualities in such studies as the Lion Walking, has made in his work during recent years that
the Polar Bear, the Persian Leopard, the his highest achievement is yet to come. He
Elephants, the excellent Head of a Puma, and has never stood still; year by year he has added
the slighter sketches of A Tiger, and Puma something to the interest and importance of his
on a Tree, which are entirely memorable. art, and as he has still before him that period
This grasp of things does not desert him in which comes to most artists the fullest
when he turns to subjects in which he allows maturity of their powers—he was born in 1864
a freer rein to his fancy. His grip of facts —one may fairly expect that he will greatly
is quite as sure in his charming fantasy increase the reputation he already enjoys. He
A . Bacchante, or in his daintily imagined is too earnest a student to be content to remain
Idyll of Summer, as it is in more realistic where he is and too sincere an artist to let
records of nature like Disturbed, or those other popularity lead him into any relaxation of effort.
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